Credit: Melanie Faith Dove, Yothu Yindi Foundation
Recognition and Reconciliation Recognition and reconciliation are common
True reconciliation cannot occur, however,
threads that are woven through all of the work
until Australia’s Indigenous peoples are
that Cape York Partnership does.
recognised as its first peoples. To this end, we seek constitutional reform as a means
We believe that every single Australian should
of affording Indigenous Australians the
have a deep understanding and appreciation
recognition they deserve as a culturally
of Indigenous culture and history; that this is
rich and diverse peoples; Australia’s first
a key ingredient for true ‘reconciliation’, which
inhabitants who hold a deep spiritual
amounts to more than just the sum of the word.
connection and attachment to this land.
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